"The Great Gatsby"

1-23-17

-Epigraph: a brief quote at the beginning of a book that expresses the theme

*Nick: the narrator, he's humble, lives in Long Island, & snobbish

*Gatsby: a wealthy man that lives in a mansion

*Daisy: second cousin of Nick (she's no fool)

1-24-17

-West Egg is looked down upon since it's a less nice part of the city

*Tom: Daisy's husband; he's cheating on her with a woman from New York

-Daisy wanted her baby to be a boy. Why?

-rotogravure: a kind of old news paper

1-25-17

-Character relationships:

Nick-----Gatsby(neighbor)

                                                     /

                             Daisy(second cousin)------Tom(Daisy's husband)

                                                           \             /

                                        Jordan Baker(friend of Daisy & Tom)

-Daisy wants to hook Jordan up with Nick

-Nick gets to meet Tom Buchanan's mistress! :o

1-27-17

-Superalious: arrogant (Tom)

*Mrs. Wilson: a thick strong woman who is Tom's mistress (she cheats on Wilson)

*Mr. Wilson: Tom's mistress' husband, who owns a garage & is unsuperior to Tom

-proprietary: ownership

MUSIC IS LITERATURE

I beleive that we can consider music as literature because in every song, there is a story being told, the same way as in a book. I don't think there's really a big different between music & literature, just that music has rhythm

HELLO 2017

January of 2016 is a long time ago that I honestly don't even remember how I was as a person or acted. Although, I would like to think that I've matured every year in my life. I'd also like to think that ive became a better person in some way. I don't know if starting to think about my future, university, and career is considered as growing as a person, but I feel like it is.